Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 1226, approved 6-23-2020, repealed
former Ch. 19 and enacted in lieu thereof a new Ch. 19 as herein set
out. Former Ch. 19, Ord. No. 429, approved 8-16-1982, as amended,
also pertained to sewers and drains.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Ch AO Adoption of Code
- Part I: The Charter, Special Acts and Acceptances
- Ch C The Charter, Special Acts and Acceptances
- Ch CHCT Charter Comparative Table
- Part II: The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration
- Ch 2Â 1/2 Animals and Fowl
- Ch 3 Building Code
- Ch 3Â 1/2 Residential Properties, Regulation and Maintenance of
- Ch 4 Emergency Management
- Ch 4Â 1/2 Criminal and Noncriminal Enforcement
- Ch 5 Electricity
- Ch 6 Finance and Taxation
- Ch 7 Fire Department
- Ch 8 Solid Waste Collection and Disposal
- Ch 9 Hawkers, Peddlers and Transient Vendors
- Ch 10 Junk Dealers and Waste Collectors
- Ch 11 Licenses, Registrations and Permits
- Ch 12 Lumber Storage
- Ch 13 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 13Â 1/2 Noise Control
- Ch 14 Offenses Miscellaneous
- Ch 15 Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 16 Human Resources
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Police Department
- Ch 18Â 1/2 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 Sewers and Drains
- Ch 19 Art I DEFINITIONS
- § 19-1 Definitions of miscellaneous terms.
- Ch 19 Art II IN GENERAL
- § 19-2 Land use controls.
- § 19-3 Public sewers ownership.
- § 19-4 Utilities - Water, gas, electric, telecommunications, etc., conduits, pipes and construction work not to obstruct or interfere with public sewers.
- § 19-5 Account and report of the cost of public sewers; annual sewer system report.
- § 19-6 When connection with public sewer required.
- § 19-7 Abandonment of on-site sewer systems.
- Ch 19 Art III BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
- § 19-8 Permit to connect to public sewer.
- § 19-9 Classes of building sewer permits; applications; nontransferability; revocation.
- § 19-10 Expense of building sewer installation and connection.
- § 19-11 Separate and independent building sewers; exception.
- § 19-12 Reuse of existing building sewers.
- § 19-13 Requirements for construction of building sewer.
- § 19-14 Building sewer service elevation.
- § 19-15 Liability associated with building sewer connection.
- § 19-16 Prohibition against connection of exterior drains to public sewer.
- § 19-17 Connection of building sewer into public sewer.
- § 19-18 Notice to Commissioner by applicant for building sewer permit.
- § 19-19 Excavations for building sewer installation.
- Ch 19 Art IV USE OF THE PUBLIC SEWERS
- § 19-20 Prohibition against discharge of surface water into sanitary sewers.
- § 19-21 Discharges prohibited to public sewers.
- § 19-22 Dilution prohibition.
- § 19-23 Options of the Commissioner in event improper wastes to be discharged.
- § 19-24 Provision for interceptors.
- § 19-25 Maintenance of preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities.
- § 19-26 Accidental discharge/slug discharge control plan.
- § 19-27 Hauled wastewater.
- § 19-28 Installation of control manholes, etc.
- § 19-29 Sampling of waters and wastes.
- Ch 19 Art V PROTECTION FROM DAMAGE
- § 19-30 Penalty for unauthorized damage to the sewer system.
- § 19-31 Permitting unlicensed person to repair, etc., sewer.
- Ch 19 Art VI POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS
- § 19-32 Right to enter premises to inspect waste processes; confidentiality.
- § 19-33 Observance of safety rules on private premises.
- § 19-34 Easements on private property and work thereon.
- Ch 19 Art VII SEWER CONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENTS
- § 19-35 Basis and rates.
- § 19-36 Developer/contractor to pay costs of construction.
- § 19-37 Developer/contractor to pay costs of pump stations and other sewer infrastructure.
- § 19-38 Connection charges.
- § 19-39 Payment of assessments not to relieve owners from payment of annual charges or rents for use of sewers.
- § 19-40 Notice of assessment and demand for payment; when assessment due and payable; interest to be charged on delinquent assessments; levy; invalid assessments.
- § 19-41 Rate of interest; collection of assessments generally.
- § 19-42 Disposition of funds collected under this article.
- Ch 19 Art VIII SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
- § 19-43 Levy of sewer service charges.
- § 19-44 Establishment of rates.
- § 19-45 Method of billing.
- § 19-46 Large industrial users.
- § 19-47 Surcharges.
- § 19-48 Statement of sewer service charges; collection of sewer service charges; liens therefor.
- § 19-49 Appropriation of funds.
- Ch 19 Art IX PENALTIES, ETC.
- § 19-50 Violation of sewer ordinance.
- § 19-51 Fines for violation of chapter.
- § 19-52 Liability to City of persons violating sewer ordinance.
- Ch 19 Art X VALIDITY
- § 19-53 Repeal of inconsistent ordinances.
- § 19-54 Severance clause.
- § 19-55 through Sec. 19-59. (Reserved)
- Ch 19 Art XI (RESERVED)
- § 19-60 through Sec. 19-63. (Reserved)
- Ch 20 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 21 Taxicabs and Other Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 22 Water
- Ch 23 Zoning
- Ch 24 Schedule of Fees
- Ch 25 Signs
- Ch 26 Land Disturbance and Stormwater Management
- Ch CCT Code Comparative Table
